Biology:Cycloptychius

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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes


Cycloptychius
Temporal range: Late Devonian–Carboniferous[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Family:
Rhadinichthyidae[1]
Genus:
Cycloptychius

(Huxley) Traquair, 1877
Binomial name
Cycloptychius carbonarius
(Huxley) Traquair, 1877
Other species
  • C. bidens Matveeva, 1958
  • C. concentricus Traquair, 1881

Cycloptychius is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that existed in the Late Devonian epoch and the Carboniferous period in what is now France, Russia and the United Kingdom.[1]

See also

  • Prehistoric fish
  • List of prehistoric bony fish

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Schultze, Hans-Peter; Mickle, Kathryn E.; Poplin, Cecile; Hilton, Eric J.; Grande, Lance (2021). Handbook of Paleoichthyology, 8A. Actinopterygii I. Palaeoniscimorpha, Stem Neopterygii, Chondrostei. München: Dr. Friedrich Pfeil. pp. 299. ISBN 978-3-89937-272-4. 
  2. "Palaeonisciformes". Paleobiology Database. http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=34963&is_real_user=1. Retrieved November 17, 2012. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5198991 entry